Pope Leo XIV has issued a papal encyclical on the need to regulate AI and direct the powerful new technology to lift human dignity and the common good. We have early analysis and a link to the full document.

Every Friday, TCAI brings you the nation’s most comprehensive update of AI-related legislation moving through state legislatures. This week: Minnesota Gov. Walz signed a kids social media safety act into law, one day after South Carolina Gov. McMaster signed the Stop Harm From Social Media Act in Columbia.

A survey of 1,000 girls ages 5-13 found that 65% viewed AI as a friend, while 51% of girls ages 11-13 have asked AI for help when they felt sad, anxious or lonely.